About 50 people gathered on Jan. 17 at the Norman Jewish Library in Temple Terrace for the first “Festive Meal on the New Moon” celebration.
The event – which it is hoped will become a monthly happening – was inspired by an ancient tradition where families celebrated Rosh Chodesh by eating a festive meal. More...

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The Israeli Minister of Transportation, Yisrael Katz, intends to honor President Trump for recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel by naming a new train station after him in the Old City that would allow thousands of tourists directly into the Jewish Quarter a few hundred yards from the Western Wall. More...

Incorrect and incomplete information supplied by the Florida Holocaust Museum about Mary Wygodski was contained in a Jan. 12 story in the Jewish Press. During Nazi occupation, the Vilna, Poland, ghetto was liquidated in 1943 and Wygodski was separated from her parents and siblings, never to see them again. More...